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Sen. Chris Murphy is calling for congressional hearings to learn how the public health and education infrastructure in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is faring more than three months after the region was slammed by Hurricane Maria.

“Hearings could help ensure that the Senate has a detailed understanding of the health and education challenges facing” the two U.S. territories, Murphy and eight of his colleagues on the Senate’s health and education committee wrote in a recent letter to the committee’s Republican chairman.

Thursday marked 100 days since the powerful Sept. 20 storm left most of Puerto Rico without electricity. Half of the island is still without...

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